Garin's Blog

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  • Signs of the Times

    Signs of the Times

    So I rode my Noon Road Loop again today.  It’s a nice 24 mile loop that I do pretty regularly.  It appeals to me because most of it is through farmland and along back roads.  I was going slow today, likely slower than usual.  But slow can often have silver linings, which it did for…

  • Frosty Freezy Loop

    Frosty Freezy Loop

    One of my favorite loops because it’s fun, just an hour long and right here in Ferndale.  Park at Pioneer Pavilion, rided south on Ferndale Road, cross the river at Marietta, ride north on the trail along the river, through Hovander and back into downtown Ferndale. I did this loop yesterday morning and it was…

  • Seahawks vs. Eagles

    Seahawks vs. Eagles

    After so many weeks of not watching the NFL, today rolled around without so much as the tiniest thought about football.  Seahawk vs. Eagles, I don’t really care, it’s like rooting for Target to beat out Walmart during their black Friday event.  blah. Today’s route took me to Ferndale via Axton Rd, one of the…

  • Seahawks vs. Falcons

    Seahawks vs. Falcons

    Oh crappers, I rode yesterday not realizing that the Seahawks play today.  Oh yeah, I am not watching the NFL this fall. Which is good, because if I were might have seen this imbecile make a fool of himself and the NFL by sitting during our anthem and standing during the Mexican anthem.  Instead, I enjoyed…

  • Seahawks vs. Cardinals

    Seahawks vs. Cardinals

    Oops, I didn’t watch the Seahawks vs. Cardinals game today, but I had my reasons.  One reason was that the game was apparently on Thursday, not today, silly me. The other, foremost reason that I didn’t watch the game was that, oh yeah, it’s still the take-a-knee 2017 NFL season. So today, not Thursday, I…

  • A Strange Chapter

    A Strange Chapter

    Indeed a strange chapter in Oregon’s history and in my life. At that time, way back in the 80’s, I was attending college at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA.  There I had a roommate Tom, who was actively seeking acceptance into a commune called Rajneeshpurem just south of us in Oregon and he was…